![]() ![]() In his mid-20s, he had been posted as a journalist to Paris. How Forsyth managed to achieve all this is a story worth telling. "Sweeping the country," exclaims the flyleaf of my dog-eared copy from 1971 – "the novel that may not be one!" His debut had a documentary sense of realism that all but convinced the public they were reading a work of non-fiction. Forsyth changed all that never before had a popular novelist created a world that seemed indistinguishable from real life. Before, thrillers were self-evidently works of the imagination. It is no exaggeration to say The Day of the Jackal has influenced a generation of thriller writers, from Jack Higgins to Ken Follett, from Tom Clancy to Andy McNab. This month marks the 40th anniversary of the novel's publication. ![]()
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